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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1900
Page
7
Milam envisions Pan-American Exposition as an artistic triumph with 350 acres of courts, 200000 electric lamps, and sculpture by 30+ American sculptors led by Karl Bitter. The Electric Tower will anchor a Spanish renaissance style skyline with fountains, canals, Mirror Lakes, sunken gardens, and lavish horticultural displays for a world’s fair of light and color.
Massachusetts plans a Pan American exhibition at Buffalo with historic materials gathered through the Sons and Daughters of the Revolution and the Society of the War of 1812. Walter Gima Page leads the effort as chairman of the Massachusetts Pan American commission. A building site remains undecided, with Providence House a probable Massachusetts exhibit home.
The Propylea in Buffalo, a Beaton era structure with historic value, stood partly where Clark's Tavern now sits on Providence Court. Massachusetts delegates to the Pan-American Exposition secured about 450 exhibits from the French fair for transfer to Buffalo. Ex Mayor Fosdick of Fitchburg and City Treasurer Titt of Springfield praised Buffalo expo prospects and Massachusetts representation.
Construction advances on the Buffalo Pan American Exposition grounds with major exhibit facilities rising fast. Connecticut organizes a large display led by commissioner Benjamin H. Lee and a state committee featuring N. S. Platt, J. B. Noble, and B. Pattergot among others. The Government Building group by Rasmussen and Strelow includes a 400 by 130 foot main hall with a 250 foot dome. In Atlanta, Isaac Gathman is killed crossing Alabama street when struck by a trolley car.
The state election board will meet December 3 to canvass returns and declare the governor race. Beckham is conceded as governor by Republicans, with both parties prepared for the canvass. Inauguration is set for December 11, amid talks of a possible interstate requisition against former Governor Taylor. Also includes brief notes on Dr. D B Cargile’s Electric Bitters claims and unrelated anecdotes.
Chattanooga soil pipe trust pressures the Chattanooga Pipe and Foundry Company to join or exit business. The firm, built by local capitalists with a large plant and about 100 workers, declined a $15,000 cash buyout to close temporarily. The trust also targets the Chattanooga wheel barrow factory, threatening price cuts to force terms. Also promoted are patent remedies and confections for health and cold cures.
Mrs Henry L Embry died yesterday after a two month illness at the parsonage on Oconee Street, leaving husband of twenty four years. A Methodist servant, she guided Sunday School children and missionary work, with faithful support from her husband. The community extends sincere sympathy to her bereaved spouse and family.
In Athens a weekly note discusses past carnival success and future plans. It weighs fair associations, racecourses, a city clock, and debt collection in the context of community projects. It praises Ladies Garden Club and Night School, urges continued civic effort, and promotes Skiff the Jeweler for jewelry, clocks, and spectacles.
Walter Damrosch, in Orange, trains a chorus on Mendelssohn Elijah. During Hear us, Baal, hear us, he corrects the singers to soften the word Bal. The Orange voices laugh at the mispronunciation turning into a comic moment.
Renick Hamilton of West Jefferson Ohio declined 18 months of suffering from a rectal fistula when doctors warned of costly surgery. He treated himself with five boxes of Backlen's Arnica Balm. The forest pile core on Earth and the Quest Balm were sold by H R Palmer & Sons and W J Smith & Bro Druggists at 25 cents per box.
In Jacksonville on November 14 Professor O M Child of the university’s zoological department surveyed areas to establish a southern Florida branch. Professor Obud will continue inquiries and agrees a site in Biscay Bay should host the new department in the extreme south of the state.
Population of Georgia cities with more than 2,000 and under 25,000 residents in 1900 is listed. Cities include Albany 4,000 Americus 7,674 Atlanta 10,245 Bainbridge 3,641 Barnesville 3,005 Bronawick 9,001 Cartersville 8,105 Cedartown 2,823 Columbus 17,617 Cordele 8,478 Covington 9,063 Cuthbert 2,641 Dalton Dawson 2,096 Dublin 2,067 Elberton 3,684 Fort Valley 3,093 Gainesville 4,383 Griffin 6,853 Hawkinsville 9,108 LaGrange 4,374 Macon 23,272 Marietta 4,445 Milledgeville 4,219 Moultrie 2,321 Newnan 9,054 Quitman 2,981 Rome 7,991 Sandersville 9,083 Summerville 245 Tallapoosa 9,198 Thomasville 5,823 Toccoa 2,176 Valdosta 5,613 Washington 8,800 Waycross 6,010 Waynesboro 2,000.
Athens Cross Country Club led by Col. R W Lamkin receives invitation from Augusta Cross Country Club to Field Day events on Thanksgiving Day. A meeting at the city Y M C A is set for Nov 15 to consider the invitation, with potential Athens participation and a visit to the Augusta Riding Club on Nov 27. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve promotion noted.
A staff carved eagle and lion sculpture plan dominates the Ethnology and Archaeology Building at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. The eagle model uses nearly 10,000 pounds of clay. staff casts will weigh about two tons and rise to almost 16 feet tall.
The Pan American Exposition at Buffalo from May 1 to November 1, 1901 will feature numerous on site restaurants to meet every taste and budget. Plans include upper scale and affordable options in buildings at the Midway entrance and Stadium, plus refreshment services at the Temple of Music. Diverse offerings will include a New England kitchen, German, Mexican, and Italian restaurants with healthful meals at reasonable prices.
A London Answers piece observes a young woman obsessed with her engagement ring. The ring alters her behavior from secret admiration to public display, triggering blushes, tremors, and social concealment as she guards the token while reflecting on the donor’s qualities. The cycle ends only after repeated anxiety and eventual integration.
A Cincinnati Requirer piece describes the Pa boulns, a West African tribe. French explorer notes elaborate body art, tattooing, facial paint, and bone or metal headdresses. Both sexes adorn hair, with women shaving heads smooth and staining them, while warriors display ornate coiffures and jewelry.
An unfamiliar witness in a Scottish court faced instructions to address the jury but spoke to the judge and then to the jurors after clarification. The exchange became a noted courtroom moment as the witness sought to tell his tale directly to the panel.
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